The Talk of the Town by Edward Stevenson. Morgan City, Louisiana, has scheduled a Shrimp & Petroleum Festival for September...

Annals of Finance III-THE GO-GO YEARS by John Brooks. ANNALS OF FINANCE about the stock market in the late 1960s. Tells about the attempted takeover of chemical Bank by the Leasco Data Processing Equipment Corp. in 1969. Tells about the skyrocketing success of Leasco, headed by Saul Phillip Steinberg, & their other acquisitions. Tells how Chemical chairman William Renchard...

The Talk of the Town Won't Retire Until Julie's Plans Set, Singer Says by William Whitworth. Talk interview with Jaye P. Morgan, singer and television personality (appearances on Griffin, Carson, and Cavett shows). She is forty one, has trimmed down and replaced her Ginger Rogers-style hairdo with a long shag. She is into yoga and has an album and a television show in the works...

Letter from Washington by Richard H. Rovere. The Administration seems to be reconciled to the fact that Indo-China will be ruled from Hanoi for a long time to come. Nixon's greatest fear is that the validity of the "domino theory" will then be proved by an attack on our SEATO ally Thailand, and this may be...

The Talk of the Town My Question Is... by Victor Chen. Talk story about a meeting held by the Cost of Living Council at Town Hall to explain the Phase 4 program (for restricting price increases) to any New York businessman who was interested. Cards bearing the seal of the Economic Stabilization Program were given out on which members of the...

Fiction His Mother by Mavis Gallant. Story about a woman in Budapest, the mother of an emigre son. She had known what it was to take excellence for granted, but her son was a stone out of a stony generation. Every morning he appeared, passive, vacant, & she would ask him "Are you all right?" although...

The Sporting Scene TEMPEST AND TEMPO by Herbert Warren Wind. THE SPORTING SCENE about Tom Weiskopf's victory at the 1973 British Open, held at Troon, a Scottish seaside course. Describes the course (long but not extraordinarily challenging or enchanting) and its history. The British Open has enjoyed a renaissance since Arnold Palmer's first appearance in 1960, and has become a...

The Current Cinema Recall by Penelope Gilliatt. Review of "American Graffiti", directed by the young George Lucas, who first came to notice with "THX 1138...

Fiction Talking To Your Veggies by F. P. Tullius. Story that gives instructions for talking to vegetables to make them thrive. Writer cites the personalities of various "veggies," pointing out that what you say, or even what you think around your vegetables & herbs can be critical in their formation & development. Quotes from "East West Journal," a monthly...

Comment by Richard Harris. Despite the many differences displayed by the seven senators on the Watergate committee they share a deep devotion to find the truth. Mentions some of the criticism they've received. Writer says a sound criticism may turn out to be that the hearings have been run not by the comm. but...

The Talk of the Town Consul-General by Geoffrey T. Hellman. Talk story about John Ford, British Consul-General posted in NY in September, 1971. Gives personal history. Mr. Ford is also director-general of British Trade Development in the U.S., & because of this he makes frequent commercial speeches at business lunches all over the nation, where he stresses favorable...

The Talk of the Town by Lillian Ross. Sign in the lobby of the Westhampton Beach Bath and Tennis Club and Hotel: NO FADED JEANS ALLOWED...

Poetry The Shelling Machine by Louis Simpson. I have found a new heaven...